The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-17

/ 10Y bntb IL cOulu De erected III or about lees
Park, at cost of 81 800 less than at any
other place, from the fact that the highest
point about the city is i'll that vicinity, it
being eighteen feet higher than the square
1t was not decided, however, to build upon
that site, and it is not likely one will be
agreed upon until the question has been
| thoroughly looked into. There is no special
hurry about the matter as nothing definite
Will b. done until the bonds are received
and dis posed Of, which win be very soon, as
they are expected daily from the engraver
1t is also likely that both the artesian wells
| VIII be given thorough test before build
ing begins, in order to ascertain beyond a
doubt whether their capacity is sufficient to
supply the town
FLORIDA
The crop of mosquitoes is good at Inter
| lachen.
Cotton and corn are looking well in
Alachua county.
G. H. Curtis, of Button, Fla, has OBJ
tanned patent for fruit clipper.
1t is so healthy at Newnansville that the
! doctors have closed up shop and gone to the
springs.
Levy county reports land sales within
two weeks that will reach from $225, 900 to
$3.50, 600
Gainesville reports train of twenty-eight
cars, all loaded with vegetables from there
for the North.
The short hair craze has certainly reached
Brooksville Every other person you meet
has had their hair clipped.
Fathers Gerard and Ciprion, of San An
tonic, contemplate building a chapel in
Brooksville at an early day.
The steamship Cherokee, which sailed
from Jacksonville last Thursday week, car
ried 1,415,0O0 pounds of cargo.
The LeConte pear trees are doing well on
the Alachua high rolling pine lands which
are well adapted to the growth of the fruit
A gentleman near the fernando line
shipped North last week one car load of
watermelons, from which he realized 1920
net.
The Sorrento Press says that j. p Kerr
proposes to erect "a thirty or forty room ho-
tel at that place in time for business next
winter
The County School Board have already
received more than a thousand applications
for teachers positions in the county of
Orange.
An effort will soon be made to organize a
real estate association and exchange in
jacksonville. The Board of Trade commit
tee on real estate indorses the project
Messrs. Alexander French and E. P.
Ahern have determined TO go into the
culture of peaches on a large scale. They
will plant 5000 trees at Fort Meade next
! winter
There will be union Sunday school pic
mic at Fort White, Friday, June p, to which
the Mikesville, Tustanuggee, Elan, Phil
lipi and Prospect schools are cordially in
vIted TO attend
An iron safe, weighing 3,745 pounds, for
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railroad Companys Land Department, at
Jacksonville, came in on the last trip Of the
steamship Seminole.
The Orlando correspondent of the South
Florida Argus says Judge Broome has
shown himself to be man of sterling in
tegrity, and wears the judicial ermne with
credit to himself and the State
Mrs. G. johnson, the proprietor of the
Sanford millinery establishment has made
an assignment in favor of her creditors,
| which took place this morning. n R.
Teasdale, Jr., has been made the assignee.
The Brooksville Town Council at their
meeting this week accepted the proposition
of the County Commissioners made some
time since to pay one-third the cost of an ar
tesian we'll So it is settled fact that
Brooksville is to. have an artesian we'll
Special service has been ordered discon-
tinued to fernando post office from Brooks
vile after June 30, and the office will be
| supplied from Brooksville and the Crystal
river route. Robert G.. Mingledorff has been
commissioned postmaster at Lochloosa
Two eyesores that have afflicted the
| Brooksviileltes have been removed from
the public square, and the fellow who wants
to spend any time in the county Jail or
town calaboose must now seek these nee
essary evils in more retired part of the
town.
The people of Macon continue to be much
exercised over the recent indictments found
against DIR" Hammond, the drug store sa-
loonist. 1t is said that there is more excite
ment all over fernando county on the tenn
perance question than was ever before
| known.
Lake City Reporter: The farmer who
plants bananas for his cattle is wise We do
not know of any crop in the world that will
pay better than an acre of bananas for the
benefit of the milkgivers, to be cut and fed
green in the summer and used as a pasture
in winter.
Three hundred andhRfty or four hundred
persons attended the Anthony new Baptist
church Sunday at II o'clock, to witness and
enjoy the dedicating services of the build
ing The day was not suspicious for the
attendance, hence those who attended from
a distance We're few.
A steam yacht is being built for the use of
Bridgeport Pal lies here next winter 1t is
of 10 feet inches i'll beam and IS feet long,
to be built of the best material and worI-
manship and will cost about $1,000 She
| VIII, no doubt, run from Bridgeport to
Palatka, daily, as a good boat on that route
is needed badly.
DR.. Edward Wunderlich, of New Orleans.
passed through Jacksonville Wednesday on
his way TO Key West to tender his services
to the citizens of that stricken city in any
capacity they may see fit to use him This
IS most generous offer on the part of the
doctor and should be greatly appreciated.
Maj. 5. Conant, General Manager Of the
South Florida railroad, and w. b. Denham,
of the Eustis division, arrived at Brooks
vile Thursday evening, and on Friday
morning, in company with Mr. Cox, lett
for Bay Port The Florida Southern is CON
| templating extending their road from
! Brooksville to Bay Port, if the necessary
donations can be secured.
! The recent improvements added to the
| Ton Ya-Watha grounds at Clay Springs
makes it one of the prettiest hotels in Flor
! ida An avenue of thirty feet in width is
| being cut through In front of the house TO
| the river giving guests fine view of that
! lovely little stream, the Wekiva river This
| house gives promise of becoming one of the
most popular houses in Florida.
! The growing commercial Importance of
/ St Augustine makes the lack Of a marine
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